Zacharias Kunuk
Directing · Director · Art Direction · Producer
Born Nov 27, 1957 · Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
Active 1985–present
Zacharias Kunuk is a Canadian Inuk film writer, director and producer, best known for writing and directing the feature film _Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner_, the first indigenous film with all indigenous cast and entirely in Inuktitut.
Filmography
Wrong Husband (2025) - Director · Screenplay · Executive ProducerAtanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002) - Director · Writer · Editor · ProducerUvanga (2013) - Executive ProducerBefore Tomorrow (2008) - Executive ProducerEdge of the Knife (2018) - Executive ProducerSearchers (2016) - Director · Writer · Producer · EditorOne Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019) - Producer · Director · WriterThe Shaman's Apprentice (2021) - Director · Writer · ProducerThe Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006) - Director · Art Direction · Producer · Production DesignQapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (2010) - DirectorThe National Parks Project (2011) - DirectorKunuk Family Reunion (2004) - DirectorMessages from the Past (1991) - DirectorFrom Inuk Point of View (1985) - DirectorFish Traps (1993) - Editor · Writer · DirectorGoing Inland (1991) - Director · Producer · WriterGathering Place (1988) - Director · ProducerWhat Belongs to Inuit (2009) - DirectorExile (2009) - DirectorNipi (Voice) (1999) - DirectorSilakut (2019) - DirectorSirmilik (2011) - DirectorQimuksik (Dog Team) - DirectorAvaja - Director